The following list is taken from the Public Information Sheet #9 issued by Manx National Heritage Library in conjustion with an exhibition reflecting the life of those Manx sailors who fought (willingly or unwillingly) with Nelson. The names are as recorded by the Royal Navy Other Manx in RN in period 1790-1794 have been noted.
| Name | Vessel | Rank / Rating |
Date of Birth
|
Place of Birth / Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAINBRIDGE | Hugh | Leviathan | Able Sea |
1781
|
Patrick R arm amputated. Born Peel, the son of James Bainbridge and Ellinor Shimmin |
| BELL | William | Defence | Able Sea |
1768
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| BLACK | Jeremiah | Phoebe | Able Sea |
1767
|
Douglas Pressed. |
| BROWN | William | Polyphemus | Pte RM |
1772
|
IOM Wounded. |
| BUTLER | Jasper | Tonnant | Able Sea |
1774
|
IOM Volunteer. Wounded. |
| CALLOW | William | Conqueror | Landsman |
1781
|
Maughold Vol. Died 1808. |
| CAMMAST | John | Spartiate | Landsman |
1780
|
IOM Substitute. |
| CANNAL | Thomas | Conqueror | Landsman |
1782
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| CANNON | John | Prince | Landsman |
1782
|
Douglas Volunteer. |
| CARDY | Robert | Conqueror | Landsman |
1771
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| CARPHY (Curphy) |
Thomas | Britannia | Quarter Gunner |
1778
|
IOM Volunteer. In 1851 census as 'Thomas Curphey aged 72 (born Onchan) of Ballanard, retired Super Boatsman RN. Married to Anne Fargher (aged 26). |
| CAWLE (Cowell) |
John | Temeraire | Landsman |
1784
|
IOM Lost Right. arm. discharged from the service in 1805 returned to Island & became a school teacher at Kirk Bride. |
| CHACE | William | Agamemnon | Able Sea |
1784
|
IOM Pressed. |
| CHRISTIAN | David | Africa | Pte RM |
1779
|
IOM Lost left arm below elbow. |
| CLUGAS | Clive | Prince | __Landsman |
1782
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| COCKRANE | John | Dreadnought | Boy 3rd Class |
1793
|
IOM Wounded. Aged 12. |
| COLLINS | Joseph | Leviathan | Able Sea |
1774
|
Douglas Volunteer. Awarded NGS. |
| CORES | Edward | Conqueror | Landsman |
1773
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| CORGEAGE | John | Defiance | Able Sea |
1775
|
Ramsey Volunteer. Awarded NGS. |
| CORKHILL | William | Agamemnon | Ord Sea |
1783
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| COULEY | Thomas | Naiad | Landsman |
1784
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| COWEN | John | Ajax | Landsman |
1770
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| CREER | William | Prince | Landsman |
1782
|
Castletown 1851 Greenwich hospital. |
| CROMARTY | James | Mars | Quartermaster's Mate |
1761
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| CROW | Edward | Orion | Ord Sea |
1778
|
IOM Wounded R leg. |
| CROWE | Thomas | Leviathan | Capenter's Mat |
1774
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| CRUTCH | Daniel | Phoebe | Boy 2nd Class |
1786
|
IOM Volunteer. Awarded NGS. |
| DELMAR | George | Entreprenante | Able Sea |
1773
|
IOM Volunteer. Ran. |
| DWYER | Thomas | Spartiate | Boy 2nd Class |
1789
|
Douglas. |
| EDWARDS | William | Britannia | Able Sea |
1771
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| FORD | William | Entreprenante | Sailmaker |
1774
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| GARRETT | William | Leviathan | Able Sea |
1766
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| GAWNE | Thomas | Achilles | Ord Sea |
1783
|
DouglasVolunteer. Ran 1806. |
| GILL | Thomas | Royal Sovereign | Carpenter's Crew |
1756
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| GILLING | Thomas | Neptune | Ord Sea |
1780
|
Douglas Volunteer. |
| HARRISON | Robert | Temeraire | Ord Sea |
1778
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| JOCKIN | Charles | Mars | Ord Sea |
1779
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| KANNELL | William | Ajax | Landsman |
1779
|
IOM Pressed. |
| KELLY | Thomas | Africa | Able Sea |
1752
|
IOM Pressed. |
| KELLY | Robert | Conqueror | Landsman |
1770
|
IOM Vol. Disch 1806 Madness. |
| KELLY | John | Minotaur | Landsman |
1779
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| KELLY | Paul | Orion | Able Sea |
1777
|
IOM Awarded NGS. |
| KELLY | William | Royal Sovereign | Ord Sea |
1784
|
IOM. |
| KELLY | William | Tonnant | Yeoman Powder Rm |
1771
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| KEWLEY | James | Ajax | Bosun's Mate |
1778
|
Douglas Volunteer. Died 1807. |
| KNIEL | John | Colossus | Boy 2nd Class |
1784
|
IOM. |
| LACE | Thomas | Defiance | Landsman |
1778
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| LACE | Thomas | Prince | Ord Sea |
1782
|
IOM. |
| LACE | John | Thunderer | Able Sea |
1780
|
IOM Pressed. |
| LAWSON | John | Revenge | Able Sea |
1774
|
IOM Volunteer. Wounded. |
| LUIN | Robert | Conqueror | Able Sea |
1776
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| MATHERILL | John | Royal Sovereign | Ord Sea |
1776
|
IOM. |
| MCKENZIE | John | Neptune | Landsman |
1769
|
Castlet'n Volunteer. |
| MILLS | George | Thunderer | Landsman |
1768
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| NEIL | Thomas | Phoebe | Acting Sailmaker |
1740
|
IOM. |
| NORRIS | John | Bellerophon | Ord Sea |
1783
|
IOM Volunteer. Ran 1806. |
| POTTER | Charles | Britannia | Quarter Gunner |
1774
|
IOM. |
| QUENEY | John | Conqueror | Landsman |
1774
|
Douglas Enlisted by Civil Power. |
| QUERK | John | Conqueror | Landsman |
1776
|
DougIasVolunteer. |
| QUILLIAM | John | Victory | Lieutenant |
1772
|
Marown Died 1829 buried Arbory. |
| SAVAGE | George | Royal Sovereign | Ord Sea |
1773
|
Douglas Volunteer. |
| SCARF | Richard | Prince | Ord Sea |
1781
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| SEARF | Edward | Conqueror | Landsman |
1770
|
IOM Pressed. |
| SHEMMIN | John | Britannia | Landsman |
1769
|
Castlet'n Pressed. |
| SMALL | Arthur | Thunderer | Ord Sea |
1746
|
IOM Volunteer. |
| TAGGANT | John | Temeraire | Landsman |
1764
|
Peel Killed in action. |
| TAYLOR | John | Revenge | Able Sea |
1770
|
Douglas Volunteer. Ran 1805. |
| WILSON | John | Defence | Pte RM |
1777
|
Kk Malew Trade machine maker. |
| YOUNG | Robert B. | Entreprenante | Lieutenant |
1773
|
Robert Benjamin Young born in Douglas in 1773, the son of Robert Parry and Jane Redfern. Lieutenant commanding H.M.S Entreprenante at the Battle of Trafalgar, granted a parliamentary award of £161 and the Lloyds Patriotic Fund for Wounds presented him with a sword worth £100.Died Exeter in 1846 |
Lt Buckle Reeves, son of a doctor from Cork, lived in Douglas, buried St Georges
Lt James Waring died at St John's; a Monumental Inscription,since lost. in St Peter's Peel had James Warring was born in Westmorland in 1779. He volunteered to join the Navy and was Midshipman on board H.M.S Ajax during the Battle of Trafalgar.
Manx Worthies Chap 7
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